Macrocentrus sylvestrellae van Achterberg, 2001
(a death wasp)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Macrocentrus sylvestrellae (a death wasp)
Genus	Macrocentrus (a genus of death wasps)
Subfamily	MACROCENTRINAE (a subfamily of death wasps)
Family	BRACONIDAE (death wasps)
Superfamily	ICHNEUMONOIDEA (braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)
Suborder	APOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Order	HYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Macrocentrus sylvestrellae is also a member of:
Nocturnal ichneumonoids - testaceous ichneumons and braconids that are attracted to light (via Macrocentrus)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	van Achterberg, C.	2001	Macrocentrus sylvestrellae spec. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Macrocentrinae), a parasitoid of Dioryctria sylvestrella (Ratzeburg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)	Zool. Med. Leiden Vol 75: 79-88.

Macrocentrus sylvestrellae (a death wasp) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Macrocentrus
(a genus of death wasps)

MACROCENTRINAE
(a subfamily of death wasps)

BRACONIDAE
(death wasps)

ICHNEUMONOIDEA
(braconid and ichneumon parasitic wasps)

APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)

HYMENOPTERA
(ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Nocturnal ichneumonoids
(testaceous ichneumons and braconids that are attracted to light)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macrocentrus sylvestrellae (a death wasp)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrocentrus sylvestrellae (a death wasp)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Macrocentrus sylvestrellae is also a member of:

Identification Works

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